Praėjus trejiems metams, lobių ieškotojas Bendžaminas Fraklinas Geitsas (akt. Nicolas Cage'as) vėl sugrįžta į didžiuosius ekranus. Šįkart jis stengiasi atskleisti paslaptis, gaubiančias JAV prezidento Abraomo Linkolno nužudymą. Ieškoti to, kas slypi po visiems žinoma tiesa, Bendžaminą paskatina 18 dingusiais laikytų puslapių iš prezidento žudiko Džono Vilkeso Būto dienoraščio. Kai šie puslapiai patenka lobių ieškotojui į rankas, prasideda tikrieji nuotykiai! Tiesa, atskleisti paslaptis Bendžaminas nori ne tik vedamas aistros, bet ir asmeniškų motyvų. Iš dingusiais laikytų žudiko užrašų paaiškėja, kad prie prezidento nužudymo kažkaip gali būti prisidėjęs ir Bendžamino proproprosenelis.

Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the dinner table. He hatches a plan with Charlotte, a spider that lives in his pen, to ensure that this will never happen.

20th century computer games designer Scott, Civil War buff, buys an antique desk from that era and, while polishing it, he discovers a secret compartment in which sits an unmailed letter--a letter written by a young poet named Lizzie over a century earlier. Touched by her yearning for passion, he writes her back, egged on by his mystically inclined mother. Magically, his letter reaches Lizzie and they begin a correspondence that threatens Scott's impending marriage but promises to bring fulfilment to Lizzie. Spanning the Civil War to the present, the perils of Lizzie's war-torn situation threaten her safe passage into the future. Will their love endure the test of time?

Spalding Gray sits behind a desk throughout the entire film and recounts his exploits and chance encounters while playing a minor role in the film 'The Killing Fields'. At the same time, he gives a background to the events occurring in Cambodia at the time the film was set.

A pencil tool escapes from the Macintosh interface when no one can see it, as it wants to take a closer look to a wooden pencil on a desk. Afterwards, it attempts to get back onto the screen but the computer has been turned off by an unseen human presence. The pencil tool finally manages to turn on the computer but when it tries to return to the software programme is no longer possible and ends up smacking onto the screen. After the credits, you can hear a sound of the screen shattering.